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  TRALEE has slipped to 33rd place out of 40 towns and cities in the latest survey of towns in Ireland by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) and is deemed  ‘moderately littered’. Killarney was placed 8th in the league and is again  “Cleaner than European Norms”. It continued […]

SO they’re all settled in by now. Hundreds of junior infants started school this week and they begin a wonderful journey through primary school. We took photos in schools in town and on the outskirts, visiting Caherleaheen, Listellick, Flemby, Tralee Educate Together and St John’s in Ashe Street, while St […]

SUMMER’S over, the weather’s getting colder, Kerry are out of the championship, moan, moan and, furthermore, moan.  Enough. There’s a lot more to look forward to than you think as September begins… 1. Listowel Races… In Listowel, Ballybunion and the surrounding villages, the summer isn’t really over until after the races. […]

AN Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was among 300 people in The Rose Hotel last night to celebrate the political life of a man who served Kerry in ministerial offices over the years. Jimmy Deenihan, who retired from political life earlier this year, was feted by the Fine Gael party and the […]

A CANDLELIGHT vigil  to remember the homeless people who died in Dublin and Kildare in the past two days, was held in Tralee last night. Around 20 people gathered in The Square to remember Jack Watson who died after being found unconscious outside a shop on Suffolk Street in Dublin’s […]

SIX Bewley’s employees presented a cheque for €1,000 to Kerry Hospice on Friday morning before they set off from Tralee on a 500km cross country cycle to raise much needed funds for Hospices nationwide. It’s all part of Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Hospice Together with Bewley’s which takes place […]

YESTERDAY Met Eireann issues a Yellow Status Rainfall Warning for Kerry and 13 other counties to take effect today. Well things got worse this morning when the status was elevated to Orange for Kerry, Cork and Waterford. Rain will turn heavy and persistent this afternoon and persist for a time […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: Who qualifies for Fuel Allowance and how is it paid? Answer: Fuel Allowance is paid under the National Fuel Scheme, operated by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. […]

IT’S been awhile since we had a weather warning but all good things come to an end. Met Eireann has issued a Yellow Status rainfall warning for Kerry and 13 other counties from Saturday at 3pm to Sunday morning at 6am. Heavy rain developing in the West Saturday afternoon will […]

NCBI employee Breda Sheehan from Kilflynn, sees jumping out of a plane to raise funds for the  national sight loss agency as “the easy option”! The intrepid lady who manages NCBI retail shop in Ashe Street, Tralee is about to take a skydive for the the National Council for the […]

SINN Féin organised a picket of Bank of Ireland in Castle Street Tralee on Friday in protest at their decision to remove the Irish language option on new ATMs. The party is calling on Bank of Ireland to reverse their decision and they asked people to sign a petition outside the bank during […]

A CANDLELIGHT vigil  to remember the two homeless people who died in Dublin and Kildare in the past two days will be held in Tralee tonight. “We want to give them the dignity and respect that they should have gotten while alive, and for all the homeless in the country,” […]

AN Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will be in Tralee tonight to pay tribute to Jimmy Deenihan. The Rose Hotel will be the venue for a special evening to honour the former Minister and TD for his 33 years of political service. Hundreds are expected to attend the event organised for the […]

THE parents were more anxious than the pupils at Spa NS on Thursday morning as the junior infants started their schooldays. Teacher Valerie Linehan had them all relaxed (the pupils that is!) when we called to take a few photos and there were no tears as the children got used […]

A NORTH Kerry man has died in a drowning accident in the Netherlands. Alan Lucid, a 28 year old man from Ballyheigue, died after getting into difficulty in the water in Egmond aan Zee in northern Holland at around 4am Thursday morning. Police have confirmed they are treating Mr Lucid’s […]

TRALEE entrepreneur, Jerry Kennelly, was today presented with the TK Whitaker Award, the highest honour that the Irish Academy of Management (IAM) can bestow, at the Queen’s Management School at Queen’s University in Belfast. Previous recipients include Denis Brosnan (2014), Margaret Downes (2015) and Dr Martin Naughton (2016). The pre-eminent […]

MAYOR of Tralee Municipal District, Norma Foley, along with Moira Murrell, CE of Kerry County Council were in Tralee Town Park on Wednesday to announce more details of Culture Night which will take place this year on Friday, September 22 from 5.00 to 11.00pm. Arts and Cultural venues across the […]

THE new arrivals at St Brendan’s NS Blennerville, Moyderwell Mercy and Presentation Primary weren’t long in settling in on Wednesday morning. There’s 30 pupils out in Blennerville this year, while both Moyderwell and Pres have two classes each. All schools said the kids settled in well. Principal of Moyderwell, Moira […]

A NEW experience and new friends awaited pupils at schools all over town on Wednesday. At Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn there were two classes of junior infants  beginning their schooldays and everything went smoothly, with the tears drying up once parents left the little ones with the teachers. The same was […]

A FUNDRAISING cycle in honour of a great Kerryman who is ill in London, has already raised over £20,000 for a hospital there. Kerry Association London Chairman, Danny Sullivan, who owns a successful construction company, his charitable work and helping out new arrivals from Ireland, suffered a cerebral haemorrhage in June […]

THE sun may have been beaming down on us this morning, but summer’s certainly over for primary schoolchildren this morning as thousands head back to the books. For junior infants it’s a daunting but exciting time, as we could see when we visited Scoil Eoin in Balloonagh early on Wednesday. […]

AN event to mark World Suicide Day will be held for the fifth year in a row in Tralee on September 10, to remember those lost to suicide. Organised by Tralee resident and mental health issues campaigner, Gerard Collins, a candlelight vigil will be held in Pearse Park at 10pm. […]

A MAN has died in the road collision which occurred earlier today on the Castleisland to Abbeyfeale road. Gardai in Listowel are investigating the two vehicle fatal road traffic collision that occurred at Ballyduff, Knocknagoshel on the N21 Castleisland to Abbeyfeale Road at approximately 1pm today. A man in his […]

GARDAI are asking people to avoid the Castleisland to Abbeyfeale road this afternoon after an accident involving two cars and a lorry. At least two people are reported to be injured, one of them seriously, in the collision which occurred north of Meenleitrim. Emergency services are attending the scene. The […]

TRALEE Toastmasters will hold their first meeting of the season on Monday, September 4th, at 8pm, in Kerins O’Rahilly’s GAA club. Anyone wishing to improve their public speaking and leadership skills is welcome to attend. “This year is special for our club because we will celebrate our 25th anniversary,” said […]

A MAN was arrested late last night in connection with the stabbing incident in Moyderwell, Tralee yesterday. He is being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act in Killarney Garda Station at the moment. A man in his 60s was stabbed on the street outside Tralee Library at […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating a stabbing incident in the town this afternoon. The man in his 60s was stabbed on the street outside Tralee Library at around 2pm. The man is believed to have been stabbed a number of times according to gardai. He was brought to University Hospital […]

THIS Friday sees six Bewley’s employees set off from Tralee on a 500km cross country cycle to raise much needed funds for Hospices nationwide. It’s all part of Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Hospice Together with Bewley’s which takes place on Thursday 14th September. The cycle kicks off on the September […]

THE sun shone down on Tralee Tennis Club on Saturday afternoon as the members enjoyed the annual Hillbilly’s Cup day. There was a real family feel to proceedings at the club on Dan Spring Road  as the competition took place all day and Chris Sun of Hillbillys provided the food […]

KERRY County Council will host a major national tourism conference in Listowel next week with a focus on growing and enhancing the Wild Atlantic Way. The event at the Listowel Arms Hotel on September 5/6 will hear from a wide range of tourism experts and aims to strengthen the links […]